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Swamp Head Barrel-Aged 10-10-10 and Catherine’s Resentment Release May 17

Florida’s Swamp Head Brewery is doing it up big for American Craft Beer Week, including a Bottle Drop at The Wetlands tasting room on Saturday, May 17 at 1pm. The event features the return of Barrel-Aged 10-10-10, an Imperial IPA aged in 20-Year Pappy Van Winkle barrels alongside the debut of Catherine’s Resentment, their Russian Imperial Stout with coconut and habanero peppers.

The details:

$20 per 750mL bottle

Limits will be set closer to the event

Bottle sales are CASH ONLY

Both beers will be available on draft

Bottle sales will be held in the parking lot (no drinking outside so buy your bottles before going into the tasting room)

Commercial descriptions:

This barrel aged version of 10-10-10 naturally takes this explosive beer to a whole new level of excess. The barrels have held some of Kentucky’s finest bourbon for many years. Aging the 10-10-10 in these barrels imparts notes of bourbon, oak and vanilla to complement the rich malt character, and profusion of hop flavors. 10% ABV

Catherine II, the 18th century Empress of Russia is said to have been the inspiration behind the creation of the Imperial Russian Stout, an intensely flavored, robust dark ale with a noticeable alcohol presence. Legend has it that Catherine also had a voracious sexual appetite; she was known to have many lovers, but the story about the stallion was probably a myth. We’ve infused this round of our Imperial Russian Stout with a stiff does of coconut and habanero peppers, creating a smooth, spicy stout ale that even Catherine herself may have resented. 10% ABV